1st Annual EUBIROD meeting Dasman Center for Research and Treatment of Diabetes, Kuwait City Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2nd-4th May 2009

Lectures

Best Information through Regional Outcomes

Building a shared diabetes information system for policy and practice

Theme 1. Background, Objectives and Data

• The BIRO Project (F. Carinci, Serectrix, Italy)
• Evidence-base for EU diabetes information (F.Storms, CBO, Netherlands)
• Standardized Diabetes Data Definitions (S. Cunningham, U.Dundee, Scotland, UK)
• Discussion

Theme 2. The BIRO System

• Standardized European Diabetes Reports(F.Carinci on behalf of S.Skeie, NOKLUS, Norway)
• Privacy Impact Assessment (C.T. Di Iorio, Serectrix, Italy)
• The BIRO System Infrastructure (V. Baglioni, U.Perugia, Italy)
• Distributed Statistical Analysis Software (F.Carinci, Serectrix, Italy)
• The BIRO Web Portal (K. Samuelsen, NOKLUS, Norway)
• Discussion

Theme 3. Implementation and Usage

• Technology Transfer in Romania (S.Pruna, Paulescu Institute, Romania)
• Technology Transfer in Cyprus (V.Traynor, Ministry of Health, Cyprus)
• Security, Integration and Implementation (P.Beck, Joanneum Research, Austria)
• BIRO Software (V.Baglioni, U.Perugia, Italy)
• Discussion

Theme 4. Regional Diabetes Registries for policy and practice

• The relevance of diabetes policy in Kuwait (Y. Al Naifs, Ministry of Health, Kuwait)
• Address of the EU Presidency (M.Vàvra, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Kuwait)
• International collaboration for health policy (E.Granara, Ambassador of Italy in Kuwait)
• Diabetes in the Gulf Area (A. Ben-Nakhi, Dasman Center, Kuwait)
• The EUBIROD project (F. Carinci, Serectrix, Italy)
• The Tayside Diabetes Register (R.Mc Alpine, U.Dundee, Scotland, UK)
• Diabetes Registry in Kuwait (M. Massi Benedetti, Dasman Center, Kuwait)